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PATENTED FEB 4 |368' 4OLNEYFRY1 JR., or ALBANY, consort.'-4

Leam Parent No. 74,073, dared February 4, 186s,

IMPROVEMENT 1N `sscome-iirncnnvss.

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'Bet known that I, OLNEY FRY, Jr., of Albany, in the county, of Linn, and State of Oregon,have invented v. new and improved Seedorf and I do-hereby declare that the following is a-full, clear, aud exact description thereof, which will'erlable others skilled in the lart to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompnnyingdrawings, forming part of this specification, inwhich- Figure 1 is a top or plan view of my improved machine. Figure 2 isa detail cross-section of the same, taken vthrough the line :u x, iig. 1; Similunletters of reference indicate corresponding parts. 'Y i My invention has foriits object to-furnish a simple, cheap, and effective machine for sowing grairfbroad-4 cast, which shall 4sow the `grain vevenly and cover 'it at a uniform depth,.thereby decreasing th'e labor and time required for-putting in ,the grain, and at the same time increasing the yield; and it consists in the construction, combination, and larrangement o'fthe various parts, as hereinafter more fully described.

A are the wheels, and B is'theaxlefto which the tongue C and frame D are attached.4 E is a vcontinuous i seed-hoir, extending across thema-chine from side toside, and securely attached to the frame 1). The bottomof the sesd-box Eis slotted longitudinally, and is covered both upon its upper and lower 'sides with perforatedi( "plates e and e, the holes in which are not opposite to each other. F is a perforated bar, which slides back and forth in the slotted bottom of the seed-box' E, between the perforated plates c 'and es, and which hase. perforated plate, fupon its upper side. The plate f 'has tongues formed upon it, at the'end edges of its-110125.01 ,'pei'fomtns,` which project downwardsjnto the holesinthe har F, so that hy moving the plate f4 longitudinally upon the 4har F, by means of the thumb-screw G, the size of the; holes throiigh the bar 'F may b'e made larger or smaller, according to the kind of grain to be 'sown, o the quaintity required to be sown, to .the acre.` is au inclinedl board'or apron' secured beneaththe seed-box E in such a 4position as to receive the grain discharged' from the seedfbox', and insureits -being evenly scattered vover the ground.' .I- is au armor lever, the rear end of ,which is pivoted-'to-the, axle Bor to some other d xed support, and the forward e'nd ofwhich dpasses in through ahorizontal s'lotiuthe bottom of the seedbi E,aud is connected to the.' bar 'gF. .J- is a connecting-rod,oney

endof which'is'attaelied'tqthe lever I, und the other endof which extends out to theleftdlarid sideothe mchine, 'and is` pivoted'to the crunk-piu of :theerank or crank-wheelK, attached tothe forward end of the shaftL. To the rear end of the shaft L is attached a pinion-wheel, M, the-teeth of which meshl into the teeth of the genrwheelN,vri`gidly attached'lto the4 left-hand drive-wheel A, so that the sowing-device may be operated by the advance of the machin-e. The forward end of the shaft L revolves in hearingsin'the support O,`-ri g`idly atthched'to the vfreine D, and its rear end revolvesin bearings in the endet' the sliding har P, which slides-backv and lforth in keepers attachedto the frame D. Upon'the upper side of -the'sliding har Pis formedau ear or projection, p', to which is pivoted one end of the connecting-.rod R,the other end of whichis pivoted to thelever S. The forward end of the lever. S is-pivoted to theframe D, and its rear endextends hack into such aposition l 'that it may-be conveniently reached andoperated by the1 driver, either with hishand or footyto throw the sowing-device into or out of gear with the drive-wheel. S is a stop-pin, attacheditothaxleB in such a posi# r tion that when the lere@` S is placed iipoxrons 'side of said pin, the pinionwheelhd is locked Vin gear Vwith the gear-wheel N, and when th'e'suid4 lever isiplaced upon the other. side ofthe said pin, the said pinion-wlreel will` be lokpd out 0f gC-fWfh 'file saidfgshr-wheel. 'l' are short. posts, the lower ends of which are secured tothe frame D, and to the upperends 'ofw'.hiehjhi'e pivoted the forward parts of the.cross-bars'4 U, the forward ends of which are connected b the longitudinal har' V. To, the ,rear ends of the crosshar-s l5 pivoted the belkin W9 to which the uppererids'of the plough-standards X are securely attached. y The standards X pass down alternately upon the frontend rear sides of the longitudinall bar Y, to which' they are securely attached, and b y which they are held in their proper relative positions. The {draught-strain upou;the ploughs is sustained by lthe draught-bars or rods Z, thc rear ends of which yare connected to the llower parts ofthe standards X that pass r down `in the rear of the har Y, and the forward ends ofwhich are connected to" the frame Dfand tongll C- A." is a. lemthe forward end ofwhich is pivoted to a support, B", attached to the tongue C or firame D, and the rear-end of which e-tends hack into such a' positigophs to be easilyreached and operated bythe driver. C is a'stirrnp or keeper attached tol the longitudinalharVndwhich passes around the' lever A', so that thc pluizh nday be lowered by raising. the 'rea 1: end of the lever A. h The ploughs are raised byl depressing the rear end ofl the lever A', which bears upon and'presses dofwn the beam or bar Y. The friction between the bar lY and the lever A may bediminished by attaching a friction-roller, D', to the barV for the lever A to act upon. The

lever A niay be secured i111 position to holdA tho ploughs up and down Aby the spring Eattached tothe leverA, and'l which enters notches inthe standard F', the lower. end of which is secredto'tlxe axle' B. The leverA is kept in ,Apioperpositionvfor the spring- E to enter the notches in the standard F by the keeper-Gf attached to the said lever, and whichv passes around the sadzst'andard. Q l

-' I claim as new?, and desire to secure by LettersPatent-' I f' 1. The combination-of the gear-wheel N, attached to the drive-whee1-A, pinion'lwheel M, shaft L, crankior crankvheelv K', connecting-@od J, and lever I, ivith each other and with the seed-box E and adjusteble sliding bar E, saidseed-boxl and sliding bar being constructed and errangedsnbstantially in the-"manner herein shown anddescribed.. A ,v c 2. The combiimtiovn,and arrangement .ofthe slidingharP, connecting-rod R,'and liever S, with eachother and' with the s heft'L-snbstantially as 'herenvshown'and described, for the purpose of' throwing the pinion-wheel M into andontpf geaswith the'gearLwheeliN' t l 1). Theicombination of the postsfT, cross-bars longitudinal :bar V, beam W`plo.ighstand ards X, ber Y, and'draught-bars or rods Zfwitli'each ,other and with vthe frame D and 'tongue C, said 'parts being ,constructed vand arranged substantelly as-herein shown and described, and for the pnrposejset forth.

The combination 'of the keeperjCfleverA;,spring E', and notched standard F?, vw'ithfeach other and with thelongitndinal bar V,'suhstnntia1ly'a s herein shown and iescrilmkandV for` the purpose set fo-rth. The above specification of my invention'signed hy me, this gthday of*l September, :1867,1

l r` c .oLNnY-fmx.. Witnesses:` y v l A. B Cowen 

